Faringitis (sore throat)

Faringitis is an inflammation of the throat (faring). The cause faringitis are 1.faringitis virus  2.faringitis bacteria.

Faringitis may be caused by viruses or bacteria. Most are caused by viruses, including viruses cause common cold, flu, adenovirus, or mononukleosis HIV. The bacteria that cause faringitis is streptokokus group A, korinebakterium, arkanobakterium, Neisseria gonorrhoeae or Chlamydia pneumoniae.

Whether the infection of virus and bacteria, the same symptoms, namely cough, sore throat and painful swallow. Mucous coat of inflammation faring experience heavy or light and closed by a membrane white color or can be pus.

Other symptoms include: - fever - lymph gland enlargement in the neck - the increased number of white blood cell. Symptoms can be found in the infection because the virus or bacteria, but is more typical symptoms from infection due to bacteria.

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Servical Cancer

Carsinoma serviks or uterus cancer is the number two killer of women in the world after breast cancer. Even in Indonesia, the cervical cancer was ranked first. Cervical cancer who had been to the advanced stadium more often causes death in relatively quick time period.

On the condition precancer, generally do not have symptoms and no pain. Cancer can be detected using the Pap smear.

These are risk factors for the cervical cancer:

1. Sex at a young age or young age at marriage

2. Often change pair sexual

3. Smoking

4. Defisiensi nutrition

5. Chronic trauma such as childbirth in serviks, infection, and chronic irritation

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What is sinusitis?

Sinusitis (also called "rhinosinusitis") is an inflammation of the sinus membranes that can be infectious (caused by a virus or bacteria) or non-infectious (often caused by allergies). Sinusitis is a swelling of the inner lining of the sinuses.

 

The sinuses are the spaces between the bones in the face where air passes and where a fluid called mucus drains into the nose. In sinusitis, the swelling blocks the openings in the sinuses through which mucus drains into the nose.

When mucus cannot drain properly, the pressure of the blocked fluid inside the sinuses can be painful. Sinusitis is quite common. It feels much like a head cold, with a stuffy or runny nose and a headache.

For most people, sinusitis is a temporary condition that goes away with simple treatment. If the symptoms do not clear up easily, medication can help. In rare cases, surgery may bring permanent relief.

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Tuberculosis

Tuberculosis (say: too-burr-cue-low-sis), also called TB, is an infection caused by a bacteria (germ).Tuberculosis is a bacterial disease usually affecting the lungs (pulmonary TB). Other parts of the body can also be affected, for example lymph nodes, kidneys, bones, joints, etc. (extrapulmonary TB). It can lead to serious complications and even death, especially if the body is weakened by other health problems.

It's a very common cause of death in less developed parts of the world. Approximately 1,300 cases are reported each year in New York State. Number of people with Tuberculosis (TB) in Indonesia is the third highest in the world after China and India. This achievement is not glory. Based on the results of the survey, from 100 thousand inhabitants on average there are 130 inhabitants with the bacteria Mycobacterium tuberculosis.

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Influenza

Influenza is a viral infection that affects mainly the upper respiratory tract by the influenza virus. The "upper respiratory tract" includes: the nasal passages, eustachian tubes, sinuses, pharynx, and larynx.

Infection usually lasts for about a week, and is characterized by sudden onset of high fever, aching muscles, headache and severe malaise, non-productive cough, sore throat and rhinitis.

Influenza is a common infectious condition and may occur at any age but is more common and serious in the elderly.

The virus is transmitted easily from person to person via droplets and small particles produced when infected people cough or sneeze. Influenza tends to spread rapidly in seasonal epidemics.

Most infected people recover within one to two weeks without requiring medical treatment. The condition is worse in patients with underlying lung conditions such as asthma or smoking or those with other chronic medical conditions or reduced immunity.

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Dengue Fever

Dengue fever is a disease caused by a family of viruses that are transmitted by mosquitoes. Transmitted from human to human or from primate to human by the female Aedes aegypti mosquito.

 

Dengue fever is a benign acute febrile syndrome occurring in tropical regions. In a small proportion of cases, the virus causes increased vascular permeability that leads to a bleeding diathesis or disseminated intravascular coagulation (DIC) known as dengue hemorrhagic fever (DHF).

 

The presence (the "dengue triad") of fever, rash, and headache (and other pains) is particularly characteristic of dengue.

In 20-30% of DHF cases, the patient develops shock, known as the dengue shock syndrome (DSS).

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Typhoid Fever

Typhoid fever is a bacterial disease, caused by Salmonella typhi.

It is transmitted through the ingestion of food or drink contaminated by the faeces or urine of infected people.

The organism is then spread via the lymphatics while inside the macrophages.

Symptoms usually develop 1–3 weeks after exposure, and may be mild or severe. They include high fever, malaise, headache, constipation or diarrhoea, rose-coloured spots on the chest, and enlarged spleen and liver.

Typhoid fever can be treated with antibiotics. However, resistance to common antimicrobials is widespread.

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